Walther P99

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Walther P99 - 9x19mm. Note the ramped trigger guard, small slide serrations, closed and proprietary accessory rail, short magazine release and slightly more curved 'tail' of the pre-2004 models.

The Walther P99 is a semi-automatic pistol developed by the German company Carl Walther GmbH Sportwaffen of Ulm for law enforcement, security forces and the civilian shooting market as a replacement for the Walther P5 and the P88. The P99 and its variants are also made under licence by Fabryka Broni Radom in Poland - with the designation P99 RAD. Design development begun in 1994 with production starting in 1997, initially chambered in 9×19mm Parabellum; later, options in .40 S&W and 9×21mm IMI were made available.

The Walther P99 operates with a short recoil-operated locked breech, using a modified Browning cam-lock system adapted from the Browning Hi-Power pistol. The P99 has a glassfiber-reinforced polymer frame and steel slide assembly. It uses an internal striker as opposed to an external hammer, with a red-painted striker tip that protrudes from rear of the slide when the gun is cocked, as well as a loaded chamber indicator on the right side of the slide. The pistol can be broken down into its main parts or field stripped with a take-down catch without the help of tools. Thanks to a licensing agreement with Walther, Smith & Wesson produced a cousin, the Smith & Wesson SW99. Among its characteristics are slight differences in the grip and the slide from the Walther pistol.

The P99 was widely adopted by European police forces, such as the Dutch National Police Corps and the Portuguese police forces, such as the Grupo de Intervenção e Operações Especiais da GNR, of the Republican National Guard. In Finland, both the police and military adopted the P99, which received the designation PIST 2003 (Pistooli 2003). Outside of Europe, the Royal Malaysia Police also adopted the German pistol. Production of the Walther P99 was discontinued along with the Walther PPQ in 2021, following the release of the Walther PDP.

The Walther P99 pistol has appeared in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:

Walther P99

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Walther P99 with QPQ finished (stainless steel) slide - 9x19mm

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Walther P99 with gold-plated slide - 9x19mm

Specifications

• (1996 - 2004) (was replaced by the P99AS and P99QA)
• (1996 - 2021) (Entire production)

• Type: Pistol

• Caliber(s): 9x19mm, .40 S&W

• Weight: 9x19mm: 1.38 lbs (0.63 kg), .40 S&W: 1.44 lbs (0.655 kg)

• Length: 9x19mm: 7.1 in (18 cm), .40 S&W: 7.2 in (18.4 cm)

• Barrel length(s): 9x19mm: 4 in (10.2 cm), .40 S&W: 4.2 in (10.6 cm)

• Capacity: 15 (9x19mm), 12 (.40 S&W)

• Fire Modes: Semi-Auto

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Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Tomorrow Never Dies	Pierce Brosnan	James Bond	Occasionally equipped with suppressor	1997
The World Is Not Enough	Pierce Brosnan	James Bond	Occasionally equipped with suppressor	1999
Straight Shooter	Heino Ferch	Volker Bretz	Suppressed	1999
Chain of Fools	Elijah Wood	Mikey the Hitman	Occasionally equipped with suppressor	2000
3000 Miles to Graceland	Bokeem Woodbine	Franklin		2001
Lara Croft Tomb Raider	Iain Glen	Manfred Powell		2001
Lara Croft Tomb Raider	Daniel Craig	Alex West		2001
Python II	Dana Ashbrook	Dwight Stoddard		2002
Python II	Simmone Mackinnon	Nadia		2002
Die Another Day	Pierce Brosnan	James Bond	Occasionally equipped with suppressor	2002
Die Another Day	John Cleese	Q		2002
Die Another Day	Rosamund Pike	Miranda Frost		2002
Equilibrium	Various actors	Armored Sweepers	Seen in vest holsters	2002
Resident Evil		Umbrella Commando medic		2002
K-9: P.I.	Christopher Shyer	Charles Thyer		2002
Once Upon a Time in Mexico		A thug		2003
The Matrix Reloaded	Laurence Fishburne	Morpheus		2003
The Matrix Reloaded	Ian Bliss	Bane		2003
Underworld	Kate Beckinsale	Selene	Duel wielded two-tone fitted with Kemmer Tech BA-5 laser sights	2003
Underworld	Hank Amos	Nathaniel		2003
Underworld	Erwin Leder	Singe		2003
Underworld		various Lycan-actors		2003
X2: X-Men United		Stryker's men		2003
X2: X-Men United	Peter Wingfield	Sgt. Lyman		2003
The Bourne Supremacy	Karl Urban	Kirill	QPQ finished slide	2004
The Bourne Supremacy	Matt Damon	Jason Bourne		2004
Stealth	Sam Shepard	Captain George Cummings		2005
Transporter 2	Alessandro Gassman	Gianni		2005
Pitbull		Polish policemen		2005
A History of Violence	William Hurt	Richy Cusack	Two-tone	2005
Casino Royale	Daniel Craig	James Bond	Occasionally equipped with suppressor	2006
Underworld: Evolution	Kate Beckinsale	Selene	Duel wielded two-tone fitted with Kemmer Tech BA-5 laser sights	2006
Underworld: Evolution	Kate Beckinsale	Selene		2006
Underworld: Evolution		Cleaner		2006
Shadow Man	Michael Fitzpatrick	Chambers		2006
Tins (Konservy)	Aleksey Serebryakov	Usoltsev (Solyonyy)		2007
Shooter	Rade Serbedzija	Michael Sandor		2007
Rush Hour 3	Chris Tucker	James Carter	Fitted with suppressor	2007
Rush Hour 3	Kentaro	French Assassin	Fitted with suppressor	2007
Alpha Dog	Emile Hirsch	Johnny Truelove		2007
You Kill Me	Ben Kingsley	Frank Falenczyk	two-tone, suppressed	2007
War	Jet Li	Rogue	inaccurately said to fire 5.7x28mm depleted Uranium rounds	2007
Flu Birds	Bogdan Uritescu	Rollins		2008
	Christopher Troxler	Guard Captain
	uncredited	Scott
My Mom's New Boyfriend	Antonio Banderas	Tommy Lucero		2008
Mirage	Rustam Urazaev	Jamal	Two-tone; maybe airsoft replica	2008
The Dark Knight	Chin Han	Lau		2008
Largo Winch	Steven Waddington	Stephan Marcus		2008
88 Minutes	Al Pacino	Dr. Jack Gramm		2008
Hitler's Kaput! (Gitler kaput!)	Aleksey Ogurtsov	'Iron' Hans		2008
Hitler's Kaput! (Gitler kaput!)	Pavel Derevyanko	Aleksandr Isaevich Osechkin		2008
War, Inc.	John Cusack	Brand Hauser	Dual wielded, occasionally seen with laser pointer and suppressor	2008
Kill Switch		A thug		2008
The Tournament	Kelly Hu	Lai Lai Zhen	Occasionally equipped with suppressor	2009
Far Cry	Natalia Avelon	Katja Chernov	Two-tone with raised sights	2009
Newsmakers (Goryachie Novosti)	Yevgeni Tsyganov	Herman		2009
Hooked (Na Igre)	Tikhon Zhiznevskiy	Dlinnyy		2009
Hooked (Na Igre)	Pavel Priluchnyy	Doc		2009
Hooked 2. Next Level (Na Igre 2. Novyy Uroven)	Tikhon Zhiznevskiy	Dlinnyy		2010
Hooked 2. Next Level (Na Igre 2. Novyy Uroven)	Pavel Priluchnyy	Doc		2010
The Other Guys		Boardroom thug		2010
Hunt to Kill	Emilie Ullerup	Dominika	Two-tone	2010
The Alien Girl	Evgeni Tkachuk	Whiz/Nimble	suppressed	2010
The Alien Girl	Natalia Romanycheva	Alien	suppressed	2010
Me and my Demon (Nenu Naa Rakshasi)	Rana Daggubati	Abhimanyu		2011
Me and my Demon (Nenu Naa Rakshasi)	Ileana D'Cruz	Meenakshi		2011
Cat Run	Janet McTeer	Helen Bingham		2011
Cat Run	Paz Vega	Catalina 'Cat' Rona		2011
Cat Run	Scott Mechlowicz	Anthony Hester		2011
Entanglemen (Uwiklanie)	Krzysztof Pieczynski	Igor		2011
Black & White Episode 1: The Dawn of Assault	Alex To	Capt. Ou		2012
Black & White Episode 1: The Dawn of Assault	Ivy Chen	Chen Lin		2012
Get the Gringo				2012
No One Lives				2012
Cleanskin	Tom Burke	Mark		2012
Travelers	Ayumi Kinoshita	Yui Momose		2013
	Kenji Ebisawa	Ken Momose
	Kentarô Shimazu	Anorama Noge
		Soldiers
The Vulture (Sęp)	Daniel Olbrychski	Bozek		2013
Sharknado	Marcus Choi	Palmer	Extended Barrel	2013
Elysium	Diego Luna	Julio		2013
John Wick	Adrianne Palicki	Ms. Perkins	With suppressor	2014
	Keanu Reeves	John Wick	With suppressor
Julia	Jack Noseworthy	Dr. Sgrundud	With suppressor	2014
	Ashley C. Williams	Julia Shames	With suppressor
Everly	Salma Hayek	Everly		2014
The Guy from Our Cemetery (Paren s nashego kladbishcha)			at the gun shop	2015
Blackhat	Chris Hemsworth	Nicolas Hathaway		2015
Skin Trade	Tony Jaa	Tony Vitayakul		2015
Contract to Kill	Jemma Dallender	Zara Hayek	Two-Tone	2016
Pitbull: Last Dog (Pitbull. Ostatni pies)	Marcin Dorocinski	Slawomir Desperski "Despero"		2018
Time to Hunt	Park Hae-soo	Han		2020
	Lee Je-hoon	Jun-seok

Television

Show Title	Actor	Character	Note / Episode	Air Date
Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei				1996-
Stargate SG-1	Richard Dean Anderson	Jack O'Neill	"Sight Unseen"	1997-2007
Stargate SG-1	John de Lancie	Colonel Frank Simmons	"Desperate Measures"	1997-2007
Stargate SG-1	Various actors	Rouge NID agents	"Touchstone"	1997-2007
Harsh Realm	Scott Bairstow	Lt. Thomas Hobbes	"Reunion"	1999
Level 9	Kate Hodge	Annie Price		2000-2001
Julie Lescaut	Renaud Marx	David Kaplan		1999-2005
Julie Lescaut	Sophie Artur	Christelle Renard	"Dangereuses rencontres" (S16E04)	2006
Julie Lescaut	Julien Cigana	Ségal		2006-2007
Brigada	Sergei Bezrukov	Alexander Belov	To-tone, occasionally seen suppressed	2002-
CSI: Miami	Eddie Cibrian	CSI Jesse Cardoza		2002-2010
24 - Season 3	Various actors	Amador's men		2003-2004
Ultimate Force - Season 2	Simon Gregor	Levi		2003
Kryminalni		Various		2004-2008
Dolmen	Bruno Madinier	Lucas Fersen		2005
24 - Season 4	Tomas Arana	David Conlon		2005
24 - Season 4	Mia Kirshner	Mandy		2005
Psych	Timothy Omundson	Detective Lassiter		2006-
24 - Season 6	Various actors	Fayed's men		2007
Burn Notice	Jeffrey Donovan	Michael Westen	"Shot in the Dark"	2007-2013
Burn Notice		Jamaican drug dealer	"Unpaid Debts"	2007
Burn Notice	Garret Dillahunt	Simon	"Devil You Know"	2009
Burn Notice	Gabrielle Anwar	Fiona		2007-2013
Burn Notice	Ilia Volok	Jan the Czech assassin	Suppressed /"Old Friends"	2007
Sanctuary			"Folding Man"	2007 -
Sanctuary	John Novak	Thug Boss	Two tone/ "Monsoon"	2007 -
Sanctuary	Carlo Rota	Feodor 'Frank' Glazov	Two tone/ "Monsoon"	2007 -
Guns	Gregory Smith	Bobby Duguid		2008
V (2009)	Charles Mesure	Kyle Hobbes		2009
Black and White	Xiu Jie Kai	Ma Xiao Ming	Suppressed	2009
Black and White	Sonia Sui	Lei Mu Sha		2009
24 - Season 7	Peter Wingfield	David Emerson	Suppressed	2009
24 - Season 8	Doug Hutchison	Davros		2010
24 - Season 8	Katee Sackhoff	Dana Walsh		2010
Human Target	Mark Valley	Christopher Chance	Used QA model, later switched to pre-2004 model/ Throughout series	2010-2011
Human Target	William Mapother	Sam Fisher	"Sanctuary"	2010
Human Target	Amy Acker	Katherine Walters	"Christopher Chance"	2010
Human Target	Lennie James	Baptiste	two tone occasionally suppressed	2010
Human Target		Army soldier	"Salvage and Reclamation"	2010
The Walking Dead - Season 3	Lauren Cohan	Maggie		2010-
The Confession	Kiefer Sutherland	The Confessor		2011
Continuum - Season 1			S1E08	2012
Missing	Ashley Judd	"Becca" Winstone	"Rain on the Evil and on the Good" (S1E10)	2012
Bullet in the Face	Mike Chute	Fassbinder	(S01E03)	2012
Crossing Lines	Gabriella Pession	Eva Vittoria	"Desperation & Desperados" (S01E08)	2013
Strike Back - Season 4	Robson Green	Lt. Col. Philip Locke	S4E07 - S4E10	2013
	Milauna Jackson	DEA Special Agent Kim Martinez	S04E07 - S04E10
	Michelle Lukes	Sgt. Julia Richmond	S04E07 - S04E10
	Sullivan Stapleton	Sgt. Damien Scott	S04E08 - S04E10
	Philip Winchester	Sgt. Michael Stonebridge	S04E08 - S04E10
19-2 (2014) - Season 4	Mylène Dinh-Robic	Beatrice Hamelin		2014
Murder in the First	Mateus Ward	Dustin Maker	"Twenty-Fifteen" (S2E01)	2015
Shades of Blue - Season 1	Ray Liotta	Lieutenant Matt Wozniak	"False Face, False Heart" (S1E03)	2016
Specialists (Specialisté)	Milan Steindler	Karel Banáš	"Střelec" (S1E45)	2018

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Mods	Notation	Release Date
The World Is Not Enough	Wolfram P2K	w/ removable suppressor		2001
007: Nightfire	Wolfram P2K	w/ removable suppressor		2002
Perfect Dark Zero	P9P	w/ rail-mounted scope and LAM, suppressor	Can be dual-wielded; scope and LAM disappear in cutscenes	2005
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl	Walker P9m	Version available which can fire 9x18mm PM		2007
7.62 High Calibre		flashlight or laser aiming module		2008
Rainbow Six: Vegas 2		w/ removable silencer, optional high-capacity magazines or laser aiming module	.40 S&W caliber version	2008
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky				2008
Splinter Cell: Conviction	P99		.40 S&W caliber version	2010
GoldenEye 007 (2010)		European model with Glock-type sights, optional suppressor		2010
James Bond 007: Blood Stone			1st Gen.	2010
Uncharted 3	Para-9			2011
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3	P99	with QPQ finished (silver) slide		2011
Jagged Alliance: Back in Action				2012
I Am Alive	P99			2012
007: Legends	P99			2012
Ravaged				2012
Warface	Walther P99		Tan colored	2013
World of Guns: Gun Disassembly	Walther P99AS	extended backstrap	incorrectly named "Walther P99AS"	2014
Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex First Assault			Not usable	2015

Anime

Film Title	Character	Notation	Date
Cowboy Bebop	Jet Black		1998-1999
Cowboy Bebop the Movie: Knockin' on Heaven's Door	Jet Black		2001
Noir	Mireille Bouquet	Occasionally suppressed	2001
RahXephon	various characters		2002
Monster	A Ruhenheim townsman		2004
	Grimmer
	Franz Bonaparta
Batman: Gotham Knight/ "Working Through Pain"	Batman	Found in the sewer	2008
Case Closed	Rose	Ep. 287-288 - 'Shinichi Kudo's New York Case'; fitted with Kemmer Tech BA-5 laser sights and suppressor	2002
Cat Planet Cuties			2010

Animation

Film/Show Title	Character	Notation	Date
Boondocks, The/ "The Passion of Reverand Ruckus"	Huey		2005-???
Boondocks, The/ "Shinin"	Ed III		2005-???

Walther P99AS (Anti Stress)

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Walther P99AS (Anti Stress) - 9x19mm

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Walther P99AS (Anti Stress) - .40 S&W. Note the slightly longer and non-scalloped front of the .40 model's slide.

Introduced in 2004, the "AS" model Walther P99 features an 'Anti Stress' mode in the trigger. What this means is that even though the gun is a SA/DA gun, when the slide is pulled back and the gun cocked the trigger returns to the double action position for the first shot to try and prevent accidental firing. The AS is generally the most popular trigger type for the P99, and all pre-2004 P99s are of the "AS" type (although not designated as such) unless otherwise indicated. It is visually very close to the QA model, but can be identified by its larger decocker which is the same as the one found on the pre-2004 P99. The P99AS models were the last P99 variants to still be in production, and they were discontinued in 2021 due to the release of the Walther PDP.

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
The Berlin File	Seung-beom Ryu	Dong Myung-Soo	airsoft replica	2013
J Revolusi		Malaysian police		2017
Sindiket		Malaysian marine police		2017
KL Special Force		Malaysian police patrolman		2018
Women of Mafia 2		Polish police		2019

Television

Show Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Nikita	Maggie Q	Nikita	9x19mm model	2010 - ????
Wayward Pines			seen in the sheriff's gun rack	2015

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Mods	Notation	Date
007: Quantum of Solace (VG)	"P99"	w/ removable suppressor	9x19mm model, gold-plated version available on multiplayer	2008
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3	Herrwalt 99			2017
Sniper: Ghost Warrior Contracts	"FORT P99"			2019

Walther P99QA (Quick Action)

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Walther P99QA (Quick Action) - 9x19mm

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Walther P99QA (Quick Action) with titanium coated slide - 9x19mm

Released in 2000, the Walther P99QA features the "Quick Action" trigger which is of the same style as that found on Glock pistols. Once loaded the striker is at the half cock position, and pulling the trigger fully cocks the striker and releases it for all shots. The P99QA is the brother of the more traditional P99AS, and can be differentiated by its smaller semi-circular decocker as opposed to the larger rectangular decocker on the P99AS. The reason for the decocker being smaller is that it is not intended to be used whilst the pistol is being carried but only for storage, as in essence the pistol behaves as a single action only pistol and is incapable of being fired from the uncocked position until the slide is racked again. The P99QA was discontinued in 2011, but the development of the Walther P99QA eventually led to the development of the Walther PPQ that same year, also utilizing a pre-set striker, albeit one fully cocked rather than the partially cocked striker of the P99QA.

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Chernobyl Diaries	Dimitri Diatchenko	Uri		2012
	Jonathan Sadowski	Paul
	Nathan Phillips	Michael
	Devin Kelley	Amanda
	Olivia Taylor Dudley	Natalie
Guardian Angel (Schutzengel)	Aleksandar Jovanovic	hitman		2012
The Berlin File	Jung-Woo Ha	Pyo Jong-Sung	with silencer	2013
	Gianna Jun	Ryun Jung-Hee

Television

Show Title / Episode	Actor	Character	Note	Air Date
Sanctuary	Agam Darshi	Kate Freelander	QA model	2007 - ???
Human Target / Throughout series	Mark Valley	Christopher Chance	Used QA model, later switched to pre-2004 model	2010-???
The 100 - Season 2	Eliza Taylor	Clarke Griffin		2014-2015
	Thomas McDonell	Finn Collins

Walther P99C (Compact)

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Walther P99C DAO - 9x19mm. Compact variant of the P99

Specifications

(2004 - Present)

• Type: Pistol

• Caliber(s): 9x19mm, 40 S&W

• Weight: 1.17 lbs (0.53 kg)

• Length: 6.6 in (16.8 cm)

• Barrel length(s): 3.5 in (9 cm)

• Capacity: 10 (9mm) 8 (.40 S&W)

• Fire Modes: Semi-Auto

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Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
The Bodyguard 2	Petchtai Wongkamlao	Khamlao		2007

Television

Show Title / Episode	Actor	Character	Note	Air Date
Nikita		A Brainwashed Woman		2010 - present
The Mist	Alyssa Sutherland	Eve Copeland		2017

Anime

Title	Character	Note	Date
Rideback	GGP agents		2009
Rideback	Okakura	Suppressed	2009

See Also

• Walther Arms - A list of all firearms manufactured by Walther Arms.